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Poverty Politics: Sequestration Scenarios
-- Mark Schmeissing, Senior Policy Analyst, NASCSP, and Brad Penney, General Counsel, NASCSP -- Last week at the NASCSP Annual Conference, much of the conversation was about the future of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). One of the major issues facing our Network is the impact of sequestration. Sequestration and CSBG: Sequestration
READ MOREThe Federal Office of Community Services’ Training and Technical Assistance Plan: Connecting States and the Regional Performance Innovation Consortia
-- Rae Tamblyn, Research Assistant, NASCSP -- During the 2013 NASCSP Mid-Winter Training Conference, participants had the opportunity to hear from the Office of Community Services (OCS) to learn more about their training and technical assistance (T/TA) plan and collaborative efforts among the States, state associations, and the Regional Performance Innovation Consortia (RPICs). Delia
Legislative Update: Beware the Ides of March
-- Brad Penney, General Counsel, Advocates for the Other America -- “Beware the ides of March.” — Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare Sequestration will have major—and negative—impacts on energy and environmental management agencies. Here’s how it will affect all Americans. More families exposed to the cold and heat Children and seniors more vulnerable to air pollution Less
Recap of the 2013 Mid-Winter Orientation Now Available
The NASCSP 2013 Mid-Winter Orientation came to a close on Tuesday, but NASCSPevents.org has a full recap of all the events and activities from the past two days. Monday, February 25, 2013: Orientation Kick-Off Monday kicked-off the 2013 Mid-Winter Orientation for State administrators for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). The Mid-Winter
State of the Union: The President's Top 5
-- By Timothy R. Warfield, Executive Director, NASCSP -- There was applause, laughter, and even some tears in Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech. The talking heads are divided over whether the most impactful moment of the night was the teary reactions of the families of the gun violence victims or the President’s quip about the abundance of ribbon cuttings. For me there were five key
